I posted this ID question a while back. This weekend I found something interesting. I wonder if anyone has any comments. From what I have read, this species seems to be native to Asia......Trini commented that it has naturalized to Florida. I was unbagging some old, I believe cypress mulch.....standard Home Depot issue. The bags had laid untouched for probably six month or maybe longer. Termites had actually nested in them and broken down the wood chips condsierably. Of interest, also inside the closed bag were about twenty bulbs growing in various stages of size. None in bloom as of yet, but I am assuming that this is the same species that I had posted about earlier in this thread. Of note is the fact that the place where I rescued the initial bulbs from, was also an area that was heavily mulched with what looked like cypress mulch. This makes me wonder. Does the cypress mulch come from somewhere where this species is prevalent? I assumed that cypress mulch was made here in the SE US. I am perplexed as to how the mulch, which is bagged and therefore shielded to a great extent from the outside could have been inoculated with the seeds of this orchid species. Anyone have any theories?? Harry

I have a very similar oncidium, and it has been a great bloomer for me. I keep it outside all year in coastal Los Angeles, and it blooms without my knowing it sometimes, as I have it in a somewhat hidden space. Mine re-bloomed a couple of months ago, and so now it is time for me to repot it, as it is growing out of the small pot I have it in, and it is getting tippy.

Dave Those are the best images I could obtain. The plant is located in the Tropical Rainforest Biome at the Eden Project, Cornwall, UK Eden Project link This biome is approx 1.6 hectares (4 acres) of Rainforest, (largest indoor rainforest in the world) and like in the wild rainforest, the plants aren't always where one would like them to be for photographic purposes.

You can tell when something like this is not an orchid because those always have little nubs instead of more conventional stamens and stigmas